Early Childhood Language Arts offers a comprehensive look at early childhood literacy education integrating the language arts—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—unlike any other text.

This revised text now includes the latest information on brain research, bilingual education, technology, and media influences on young children. It provides instructors with a synthesis of the information on language arts gleaned from research on emergent literacy, early childhood education, and special education. The text also underscores what is being emphasized in early childhood teacher accreditation programs; namely, responding to the increasingly diverse needs of young language learners in inclusive settings, working with parents and families, and collaborating with professionals in other fields.

The content and examples throughout each chapter enable students to see how children go through the process of acquiring literacy, and how literacy learning occurs with diverse groups of learners. The body of every chapter concludes with a section on teacher concerns and basic strategies, developmentally appropriate activities, teacher self-assessment, and information on standards as they relate to the content of each chapter.